Lay more stress on Agriculture, Not tourism
Criticizing the govt move to develop tourism in Coorg, the secretary of the CPI(M), I.R. Durgaprasad called upon MP A H Vishwanath to lay more stress on developing agriculture in the district by providing better produce prices and sops to agriculturists in the disctrict.
He further stated that tourism should not be developed at the cost of agriculture in the district.
He also condemned Assembly speaker K G Bopaiah for his insensitive remarks against Virajpet TP President Sarita Poonacha recently and accused the ruling BJP and its elected representative are getting involved in each issue of the district and interfering the the workings of local bodies.